Dish-drainer



(No Model.)

G S. BAIRD. DISH DRAINER.

No. 499,951. Patented June 20 1893.

awuv/whoz To all whom it may concern UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE.

CARRIE S. BAIRD, OF BRISBIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISH-DRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,951, dated June 20,1893. Application filed January 26, 1893. Serial No. 459,851. (Nomodel.)

Be it known thatI, CARRIE S.BAIRD,a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Brisbin, in the county of Olearfield and State ofPennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inDish-Drainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to, the accompanying v drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in dish-drainers.

The object of the invention is to provide a dish-drainer which isadapted to sit within a pan and support crockery, such as cups, saucersand plates, so that they may be drained after being washed; and itconsists in the drainer hereinafter fully set forth and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of adrainer constructed in accordance with myinvention,showing the same inposition. Fig. 2 is a sectional view.

A designates a pan in which the dishdrainer B is placed.

The drainer is provided on its under side with legs a a which areadapted to hold the perforated base-plate b a short distance above thebottom of the pan. The upper side of the perforated base-plate isprovided with upwardly projecting stops, 0 c, which may be formed ofwire. Near the outer edge of the perforated base-plate are locatedupwardly projecting standards 0 O and D D, which are connected bycross-bars as shown. The standards D D are taller than the otherstandards, and beneath thecross-bar thereof is attached a horizontaltrough or tray, E, having upturned edges, as shown.

In practice the drainer hereinbefore described is placed so that thelegs will rest upon the bottom of the pan, and such articles as cups,small bowls, &c., are placed to rest upon the trough E, while plates anddishes can be stacked to rest against the cross-bars of the supports 0O,their lower edges bearing against the stops 0 c preventing themslipping.

The trough E is perforated, and may be provided at its center with asupport.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a pan or receptacle A,a dish drainer, consistingof a perforated plate having supporting legs and uprights C C and D D,the upper ends of the uprights being connected by cross-bars which formrests or supports for the dishes, together with a perforated trough Esupported at its ends by the uprights D D and centrally by a leg,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a pan or receptacle A, a dish-drainer consistingof a perforated plate having supporting legs secured to the under sidethereof, stops 0 c secured to the upper side of the plate, together withuprights-G O and D D with cross-bars forming rests or supports for thedishes, the taller u prights supporting a trough with upturned sideedges, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARRIE S. BAIRD.

Witnesses:

ALFRED PULLIN, J. S. BAIRD.

